Surrey-Tynehead

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Surrey-Tynehead
Flag of British Columbia.svg British Columbia electoral district
Defunct provincial electoral district
Legislature Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
District created1999
District abolished2015
First contested 2001
Last contested 2013
Demographics
Census division(s) Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s) Surrey

Surrey-Tynehead was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. The electoral district, firstly represented by Dave Hayer (2001–2013), then Amrik Virk (2013–2017).After the British Columbia electoral redistribution, 2015 the riding became Surrey-Guildford [1]

Contents

Demographics historic

Population, 200159,081
Population change, 1996–200124.3%
Area (km2)70.81
Population density (people per km2)834

Geography

1999 redistribution

Changes from Surrey-Cloverdale to Surrey-Tynehead include:

Changes from Surrey-Green Timbers to Surrey-Tynehead include:

History

The riding was created for the 2001 election from parts of Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Whalley and Surrey-Green Timbers. It was abolished in the 2015 redistribution into Surrey-Guildford, Surrey-Cloverdale and Surrey-Fleetwood.

Surrey-Tynehead
AssemblyYearsMemberParty
Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Guildford, and Surrey-Whalley prior to 2001
37th 2001–2005   Dave Hayer Liberal
38th 2005–2009
39th 2009–2013
40th 2013–2017 Amrik Virk
Surrey-Cloverdale, Surrey-Fleetwood, and Surrey-Guildford after 2017

Election results

2013 British Columbia general election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Liberal Amrik Virk 9,17248.15-4.35
New Democratic Avtar Bains7,53939.58-3.65
Conservative Barry J. Sikora2,04010.71
Vision Sukhi Gill2981.56
Total valid votes19,049100.00
Total rejected ballots1760.92
Turnout19,22552.13
Source: Elections BC [2]
BC General Election 2009 Surrey-Tynehead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dave Hayer 8,81452.50%+1.13%
  NDP Pat Zanon7,25743.23%+2.87%
Green Gerald Singh7174.27%-0.40%
Total16,788100.00%
BC General Election 2005: Surrey-Tynehead
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Dave Hayer12,05251.37%-9.58%
  NDP Barry Bell9,46940.36%+24.64%
Green Sean Orr1,0954.67%-4.67%
Marijuana Donald Joseph Briere2431.04%-0.28%
 IndependentSummer Davis3801.62%
 IndependentGary Alan Hoffman2230.95%
Total23,462100.00%
BC General Election 2001: Surrey-Tynehead
PartyCandidateVotes %±Expenditures
Liberal Dave Hayer12,25260.95%$52,615
  NDP Barry Bell3,15915.72%$2,502
Green Joel Macht1,8769.33%$305
Unity Bill Stilwell1,2346.14%$2,831
 IndependentMarilyn Collins8804.38%$9,970
Marijuana Donald Joseph Briere3851.92%$821
Reform Enoch Ephraimson2651.31%$3,452
 IndependentMandir Benipal500.25%$1,400
Total valid votes20,101 100.00%
Total rejected ballots95 0.47%
Turnout20,196 72.25%

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References

  1. "Surrey-Tynehead BC Votes". CBC.ca. Retrieved April 12, 2009.
  2. "Statement of Votes - 40th Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved May 17, 2017.